we have a winner and baby goats

In this challenge only 7 people participated. Guess the beautiful weather of the last two weeks made everybody go outside and enjoy their gardens, make bike tours, go walking... No time for scrapbooking. Ah well... it did not make the choice easier for me! All 7 entries were wonderful. All very different and special. But there can only be one winner and since the journaling was meant to be the most important this time the winner had to be Judith. The simplicity of Judith's design focusses on the stunning picture and her touching story. Congratulations Judith, please e-mail me your addy!



The journaling is in dutch. I copied her english translation from her blog, it says:
"Today we are visiting the township Langa with a local guide. What we see here, is beyond believe! As we leave the clean city behind, we soon see the wooden houses of Langa. The first stop is the local cafe. A little bit insecure, we walk through the door. Inside it is dark, the only light is the light through a little window and a hole in the wall. In the middle there is a barrel on the fire... The ladies are brewing beer in this barrel, and of course we can taste it! Then we visit Vickey's B&B, you can sleep in a clean room in the middle of the township. Very impressive, while she also takes care of many children...Next door is a little kindergarten. When I show the children a picture of a lion in our travelguide, they are running towards us! Before we know it, we are in the middle of a circle of children, singing and clapping hands together. The kids are so sweet and beautiful, there is laughter everywhere! It is amazing how much love, laughter and hospitality there is here! That evening while driving back to Cape Town, Ralph and I realize that we will keep this experience in our hearts. The children have reached out and touched our hearts forever!!"

Isolde Pinket

This is only one page of the minibook Irma Peredne made. To see it all you can click here!

Kelly Deriemaeker

Danielle Muit

Monique Helfrich

Mandy

Thanks girls for your gorgeous entries, hope you had fun and you play along again next time!

We spend the afternoon at my sister and BIL who have a farm. Their goat gave birth to 3 little baby goats friday evening. We went over then but they were only an hour old and we were not allowed to touch them. Today we went again and we could hold them. Marlijn and Lennart just loved them. Unfortunatly one of the babies didn't make it but the other 2 are doing well, altough they are very small.

We sat in the garden while the kids played. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed the quietness and all the space. Don't you wish you had a garden like this???

If it wasn't as much work as I know it is, I would! :) For now I think my garden is big enough! But it is a pleasure to walk through my sisters and make pictures!

Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!

Birgit

You forget…. Really, you forget… just how tiny a new born baby is!
Today we visited our little nephew and cousin Tijn who is 2 weeks old and he is soooo small.
I had 3 little babies myself and they all were even smaller then Tijn. And I know they were little, but THAT little, you just forget!
Tijn is a handsome little boy and I sure can see something familiar in him. I see Anne’s chin, Lennart’s mouth, Marlijn’s hair… no doubt he is family! And he’s sweet :)!

But well, that is probably not why you checked in to my blog today *LOL*
You want to know who the winners of the spring/banner challenges are! Right?!
Again I had a very hard time choosing. Gorgeous layouts, wonderful banners.

I just couldn’t do it alone so I asked Anne to help me and together we decided that the winner of the banner challenge is Anke!
Anke I love the colors, the brushes… just love it all! Congratulations!! Please mail me your address and I will send you your well deserved RAK! And your banner will brighten up my blog for the coming time!
The winner of the Layout challenge is Mandy, with a lot of very close runner ups!
I think that Mandy’s whole LO feels like spring. Even if it wouldn’t say Lente (spring ) in the title you would still know that it’s a spring LO. The colours, the little bird, the subtle flowers and of course the lovely pictures make this the winning LO!
Congratulations Mandy, please e-mail me you address and you RAK is coming your way!

Thanks to all of you who entered, I hope you enjoyed it!!!

You can see all LO’s and banners in the slideshows. For a closer view and the artists name just click on the separate pictures.

Have a nice week!
Birgit